An invitation
Be our guest
The Payments Trilogue is a video podcast in which three seasoned payments professionals — a fintech voice, a bank voice and an independent moderator — debate what’s hot in European payments. When a topic deserves more than our three perspectives, we invite the person who knows it best.
The format
A relaxed video conversation of about 40 minutes, recorded remotely. No slides, no scripted questions — a genuine discussion in which you get room to make your case and we test it from the bank and fintech corners. The episode is published as video and podcast audio, with a full transcript, and promoted to our network on LinkedIn.
The audience
Deliberately small and specific: EU payments policymakers, regulators, scheme managers and industry influencers — the few hundred people who shape European payments. If your message is for the people who write and interpret the rules, this is the room.
Guests so far
- Lars Hupel Chief Evangelist CBDC, Giesecke+Devrient TPT #49
- Matthias Hönisch Head of Card Business Department, BVR TPT #48
- Olivier Denecker Former McKinsey payments expert TPT #47
- Ortwin Scheja Lead Architect, Berlin Group TPT #46
- Wijnand Machielse Berlin Group TPT #45
- Chris Jones Managing Director, PSE Consulting TPT #44
- Mathilde Bonneau PayPal TPT #43
- Matti Salakari PayPal TPT #43
- Ezequiel Canestrari COO, ClearBank Europe TPT #42
- Torbjörn Furubjelke Chairman, European Payments Stakeholders Group (EPSG) TPT #41
- Eric Ducoulombier Head of Unit for payments, European Commission TPT #38
- Mark Munne Nexus Global Payments TPT #37
- Charles Bryant E-invoicing expert TPT #36
- Erin McCune B2B payments expert TPT #35
- Alexandre Kech CEO, GLEIF TPT #33
- Inge van Dijk De Nederlandsche Bank TPT #31
- Sarah Stapp Chief Commercial Officer, Aeropay TPT #30
- Teresa Mesquita Executive Board Member, SIBS TPT #29
- Frans C. Van Beers Verification of Payee scheme lead, European Payments Council TPT #28
- Atze Faas Payments Adviser, EuroCommerce TPT #27
- Tony McLaughlin Stablecoin expert, formerly Citi payments TPT #23
- Gijs Boudewijn Founding co-host (episodes 0–20), Chairman, European Payments Council TPT #21
- Jens Holeczek Lead of the German giroAPI project TPT #20
- Jeremy Light Payments and digital wallets expert TPT #19
- Chris Skinner Author and fintech commentator TPT #17
- Claus George Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) initiative TPT #16
- Martina Weimert CEO, European Payments Initiative (EPI) TPT #14
- Chris Pirkner CEO, Bluecode; Chairman, EMPSA TPT #13
- Dave Birch Author and digital money commentator TPT #11
- Jan van Vonno Digital identity and open banking expert TPT #10
Get in touch
Interested, or want to suggest a guest or a topic? Message The Payments Trilogue on LinkedIn or reach out to any of the three hosts directly.